Netflix losing tons of Anime on April 1st
 

I just noticed at InstantWatcher that Netflix is losing a bunch of streaming anime series on April 1st. This sucks. I've got a dozen of these in my queue waiting to be watched.

Samurai Champloo (expires March 26th)
Origin: Spirits of the Past
Vexille
Last Exile
Vandread
Fullmetal Alchemist
Desert Punk
Speed Grapher
Fruits Basket
Samurai 7
Burst Angel
Basilisk
Witchblade
Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid
Hell Girl
Trinity Blood
Afro Samurai
Mushi-Shi
Le Chevalier D'Eon
009-1
Xenosaga
Devil May Cry
XXXholic
Aquarion
Black Blood Brothers
Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet of the Beast King
Claymore
Gunslinger Girl
Ouran High School Host Club
Shigurui: Death Frenzy
Kaze No Stigma
Blassreiter
Darker Than Black
D. Gray-man
Soul Eater
InuYasha
Hikaru No Go
Bleach
Nana
Naruto

http://instantwatcher.com/genres/15?...ical_title+asc

Re: Netflix losing tons of Anime on April 1st
 

Good I don't need that stuff cluttering up my Netflix.

But seriously maybe its an April Fools Day Netflix prank.

Re: Netflix losing tons of Anime on April 1st
 

Looks like they're all Funimation titles. Most of them are available on Crackle too, so let's see what happens there, whether this is just a dispute between Funi and Netflix or if they're trying to force people to their own streaming service.

Re: Netflix losing tons of Anime on April 1st
 

Inuyasha, Nana, and Naruto are from Viz, not Funimation, to name three.

I have the ones I want from that list on DVD already.

Re: Netflix losing tons of Anime on April 1st
 

Yeah, Bleach is VIZ too. My first instinct was the same, that it was all one studio. Two studios makes it a little more concerning.

Re: Netflix losing tons of Anime on April 1st
 

Well it's not like there are a lot of domestic studios these days streaming on Netflix. The question is... What's left?

Re: Netflix losing tons of Anime on April 1st
 

Very true. I'm not sure what all is on Netflix, but those two I believe are the major physical media distributors at present in terms of volume of episodics.